The other mothers are jealous when you first tell them you are moving. They too want a house on Mars. Tired of their 60s tract houses noted for soft contemporary interiors, 8ft high ceilings, Revival, “Traditional” or Colonial exteriors, for wall-to-wall cracks and fissures—you see, these homes were surreptitiously built on clay—they too want to sell but have no buyer… … More Growth House 2
“joe” is an experiment of refusal to decode meaning.
“joe” has one row of the audience (up to 60) set-up facing a long mirror with a curtain where they see themselves when the curtain opens; four ballet barres are carried around, sometimes upside down or pointing toward the ceiling; and a video monitor showing a heart shape… … More joe
Inspired by the Shan Hai Jing, this sound piece is divided into two chapters: Mountains and Seas. Nine mythical creatures are encoded within the spectrogram, awaiting discovery. It extends Dongpu’s fascination with the notion of the unseen … More Shan Hai Jing Spectrogram
There are a couple of concepts I had been thinking about while I was creating this piece. The Japanese practice of wabi-sabi embraces the beauty of imperfections. You can also see this in the art of kintsugi … More Wabi-sabi: Cultural Bodies, Collective Social Ecologies and the Ripple Effect
In February of last year, Amazon revealed its plans for a second headquarters—HQ2—in Arlington, VA. These plans included rendered images of what the site would look like. Of the four buildings to be, three are unnoteworthy. The fourth, on the other hand … More Endless Babel: Theme and Variations
The Dictionary is a web site designed and coded to emulate the non-linear experience of interacting with an analog dictionary online, and how analog page pairings create poetic juxtapositions and discoveries of language. I try to complicate the notion of a comprehensive volume of language … More The Dictionary
